Fremont, CA — Specialized Coating Services is expected to open a second facility in Billerica, Massachusetts, in mid-February of 2018. The 13,000 ft2 (1,208m2) facility is designed to meet the demand for professional conformal coating and potting services on the U.S. East Coast ...

Milpitas, CA — The year-end update to the SEMI World Fab Forecast report reveals 2017 spending on fab equipment investments will have reached an all-time high of $57 billion. High chip demand, strong pricing for memory and fierce competition are driving the high level of fab investments, with many companies ...

Washington, D.C. — When studying diseases or testing potential drug therapies, researchers usually turn to cultured cells in Petri dishes or experiments with lab animals, but recently, researchers have been developing a different approach: small, organ-on-a-chip devices that mimic the functions of human organs ...

State College, PA — In London's St. Paul's Cathedral, a whisper can be heard far across the circular whispering gallery as the sound curves around the walls. Now, an optical whispering gallery mode resonator developed by Penn State electrical engineers can spin light around the circumference of a tiny sphere ...

Cambridge, UK — Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new possibilities for smart textiles and wearable electronics. The circuits were made with cheap, safe and environmentally-friendly inks, and printed using conventional ...

Washington, DC — An international team of researchers has developed a light-based manipulation method that could one day be used to mass produce electronic components. The micromanipulation technique might also be used to create a safer and faster-charging replacement for mobile device batteries.

By Michael Skinner, Associate EditorSan Jose, CA — Brainstorming has never gone out of style, but it takes on a new urgency as the centerpiece of Comet's new state-of-the-art laboratory in Silicon Valley. The Comet Group, which comprises Comet Plasma Control Technologies (PCT), YXLON and ebeam, has opened Comet Lab ...

Troy/Ithaca, NY — Lithium electrodes coated with indium could be the basis for more powerful, longer-lasting, rechargeable batteries. The coating hinders undesirable side-reactions between the electrode and electrolyte, provides a more uniform deposition of lithium when charging, and augments storage in the ...

Tomsk, Russia — A research group of scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Germany and Venezuela have proven the viability of a two-dimensional semiconductor gallium selenide (GaSe) in air. This discovery will allow the manufacturing of superconducting nanoelectronics based on GaSe, which, reportedly ...

By Michael Skinner, Associate EditorCypress, CA — One of the largest conglomerates in South Korea, Hanwha Group has a long history of building everything from security cameras to jet engines and self-propelled howitzers. The company now plans to channel this expertise into the North American SMT market.

College Park, MD — Engineers at the University of Maryland have invented an entirely new kind of battery. It is biocompatible, because it produces the same kind of electrical energy that the body uses.

Osaka, Japan — Researchers from Osaka University, Italy and the Netherlands have shown that nanowire resonators can be used to further miniaturize energy-efficient electronics. A major path to this miniaturization has been the development of nano-size resonators, which convert small levels of electrical power ...

By Walter Salm, Editor Emeritus Newport News, VA — The U.S. Navy's supercarriers are getting even more super. Having just completed sea trials, the first member of a totally new class of carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has been designed to operate more efficiently and with a smaller crew than the 10 Nimitz ...

Linköping, Sweden — A discovery of how to control and transfer spinning electrons paves the way for novel hybrid devices that could outperform existing semiconductor electronics. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at Linköping University in Sweden demonstrate how ...

By Michael Skinner, Associate EditorRochester, NY — Pushing the conventional boundaries of academia, while building on an almost two-decade-long relationship, ASM Assembly Systems has expanded its partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The company is supplying equipment and a dedicated engineer to ...

Milpitas, CA — The latest update to the World Fab Forecast report, published on May 31, 2017 by SEMI, reveals record spending for fab construction and fab equipment. Korea, Taiwan, and China all see large investments, and spending in Europe will also increase significantly. In 2017, over $49 billion will be ...